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Limited Commemorative Water Tower Souvenirs Available Race Weekend

$10 donation to benefit Auto Club Speedway Foundation

FONTANA, Calif. (March 12, 2014) – Auto Club Speedway will make available a limited number of souvenirs commemorating the Speedway Water Tower, which stood for more than 75 years before being removed in late 2013.

A very limited number of Water Tower shaped tubes containing actual concrete remnants of the tower -- numbered 1 through 500 – will be available to fans during Auto Club 400 Weekend at Auto Club Speedway March 21-23 while they last.

The replica cylinders will be sold at the Gate D ticket office located at the West End of the Speedway just outside the Tunnel. Cost will be $10 CASH ONLY with proceeds benefiting the Auto Club Speedway Foundation. Any units remaining after race weekend will be made available for purchase online through the Auto Club Speedway ticketing system.

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About Auto Club Speedway: Located 50 miles east of Los Angeles in Fontana, California, Auto Club Speedway is California’s premier motorsports facility, hosting over 320 days of track activity each year including the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Auto Club 400 weekend in March and the MAVTV 500 INDYCAR World Championships Finale weekend in August. The two-mile D-shaped oval is one of the fastest tracks on the INDYCAR and NASCAR circuits. The Speedway is also home to numerous movies, television and commercial productions, photo shoots, new car testing, club racing and a variety of racing schools. For more information on events at Auto Club Speedway call 1-800-944-RACE (7223) or visit www.autoclubspeedway.com. For information on event lodging, visit the Hilton Garden Inn, Fontana, the official hotel partner of Auto Club Speedway and Auto Club Dragway.